If your abuser is a cop, will the police still protect you?

Australian True Crime

Meshel Laurie

True Crime

4.6 • 979 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Mary (not her real name) is a recently retired Victoria Police officer.

Mary's husband and father of her two children committed serious family violence for many years. He was also a Victoria Police officer - a very high ranking one.

Mary joins us to tell us about the attempts she and her children have made to have their allegations of family violence fully investigated by Victoria Police.

In 2021, Victoria Police announced the formation of a specialist unit to investigate cases of family violence involving its own employees. It was placed within the existing Ethical Standards Command, which investigates complaints against police.

Despite this, as you'll hear in this episode, there are still serious concerns in the way that Victoria Police handles their offending members.

We are also joined by Jeremy King, the Principal Lawyer and head of the Police Misconduct team at Robinson Gill.

Victoria Police have issued a statement in response to this episode's conversation. It can be viewed on the Australian True Crime Facebook page.

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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram

Guest: Mary (not her real name) and Jeremy King

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Transcript

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0:00.0	We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July,
0:04.3	and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already.
0:07.4	Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show.
0:10.3	Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests,
0:15.2	our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in
0:19.9	Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly.
0:26.0	This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests.
0:29.0	So please consider this your warning that it's not suitable for children and it probably will
0:33.8	contain content that may be triggering to some people. Also it's an Australian
0:38.3	true crime podcast so Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
0:41.9	listeners should be aware it may contain the voices of deceased people.
0:47.0	The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded.
0:59.0	They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging.
1:07.0	As protectors of the community, police are expected to be tough.
1:16.0	But what happens when they take their aggression home,
1:19.0	and are violent with the people they're supposed to love?
1:22.0	It's something most of us find
1:24.0	unimaginable, but cops crossing the line is a growing problem in Australia. Equally
1:29.6	concerning is the apparent willingness of many of their colleagues to look the other way when it comes to
1:35.2	investigating these crimes.
1:38.0	Victorian Assistant Commissioner for Family Violence Lauren Calloway concedes failings and says police must improve.
1:46.8	We can do better.
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